[3] Initial police training was delivered at Police Training Centres (PTCs) at the following locations: With the conclusion of the PTP and the progression to IPLDP, Ashford, Bruche and Cwmbran were closed.
[4] Ryton was re-designated as a NPIA site and Durham (at Durham Constabulary's headquarters at Aykley Heads) became the North East Centre for Policing Skills (NECPS)[5] where both Northumbria Police and Durham Constabulary would jointly deliver IPLDP to their new police recruits.
[7] The qualification consists of ten mandatory units:[8] Some forces such as West Yorkshire Police[9] entered partnerships with local universities to offer their new police officers foundation degrees instead of NVQs however this has now ceased and all forces now offer the Diploma in Policing.
The IPLDP contains four general phases and although may be named slightly differently from force to force will follow roughly the following structure:[10] Throughout all phases are formative and summative assessments and whilst in Phase 3 (supervised patrol with a tutor constable) certain tasks need to be successfully completed known as the Police Action Checklists (PACs).
[11] Once PACs are completed and signed off and once in the independent patrol phase, a portfolio of evidence is required of assessment reports and witness testimonies mapped against the National Occupational Standards (NOSs).